Jez Cunningham ASKED:
Subject: Re: [OM] Portrait of a friend
> Nice tips Ted. Do you have an image or two to show 'before/after'?
> Thanks in advance
Hi jez,
I think the easiest way to see what I mean is for folks to look on my
websight TEDGRANTPHOTO.COM! Not sure there's many before - after situations
but several that show exactly what I mean about catching the slighhtly
turned head.
And if necssary I imagine I could show a "How to and after" later if need
be..
Best bet for people and other stuff is the website,
thank you.
cheers,
Dr. ted :-)
TEDGRANTPHOTO.COM
>
> On 10/06/2012, tedgrant@xxxxxxx <tedgrant@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 10 Jun 2012, at 07:55, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=1042
>>>>
>>>> This was a hard one. I had to shoot it under a tent at the park
>>>> downtown
>>>> where all the events and festivals are held in Fort Wayne. The white
>>>> tent
>>>> gave really beautiful soft light on this bright sunny day, but the tent
>>>> has
>>>> open sides , which would let the extremely bright sunlit background
>>>> show.
>>>>
>>>> I
>>>> stood my friend in front of the stage, so its pretty busy, but was the
>>>> best
>>>> background there. It took a lot of burning in of bright spots to
>>>> balance
>>>>
>>>> the
>>>> image, but I think I made her look pretty good considering the
>>>> challenges
>>>>
>>>> of
>>>> the site.
>>
>> Good morning Chris,
>> couple of quick comments . Please don't be offended as it's merely
>> suggestions for the next time. And of course I'm not there on location,
>> so
>> what I suggest may not be possible.
>>
>> 1/ this is the perfect "passport head position" straight into camera.
>> Not
>> really flattering. Yes it looks exactly what she looks like.
>>
>> 2/ Next time even with the mixture of back ground.... sometimes it's the
>> best in the place so you shoot nearly wide open and throw it out of focus
>> as
>>
>> much as possible.
>>
>> 3/ Turn her shoulders more to a 45 degree angle, then bring her head back
>> toward camera as this should slim down her neck and face possibly
>> creating a
>>
>> more flattering face effect. Then have her tilt her head slightly while
>> looking at you and try to make a straight line down the side of her face
>> right down the neck line. Again it might thin out her face with just a
>> very
>>
>> slight tilt of head... but very slight. Then try to squeak a bit of a
>> gentle
>>
>> smile out of her. OR? Don't have her look into the camera but have her
>> look
>>
>> for something behind you that you've already picked out. Then ask her to
>> find it. This makes her mind and eyes in action almost forgetting you are
>> taking her picture because mind and eyes are concentrating on finding the
>> object you've asked her to find.
>>
>> It' always best to break the subject away from thinking about having
>> their
>>
>> picture taking. Besides it puts life in the eyes looking for whatever is
>> your object. Always best to have a couple of spots then you can change
>> where
>>
>> she must look without telling her to turn her head in a certain
>> direction.
>>
>> I trust this is some helpful
>>
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted.
>>
>> PS: By the way this fashion of direction works with CEO's and children. A
>> very good technique once you've tried it a few times.
>>
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